Carl Icahn does have a sense of humor: Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban -- the guy who milked Yahoo for $5.7 billion for Broadcast.com at the height of bubble 1.0 -- could be among the ten directors in charge of packing Yahoo (YHOO) up for a sale to Microsoft (MSFT), the WSJ reports.

"It is quite obvious that Microsoft's bid of $33 per
share is a superior alternative to Yahoo's prospects on a standalone
basis," said Mr. Icahn. He went on to write that "it is irresponsible
to hide behind management's more than overly optimistic financial
forecasts," and called it "unconscionable" that the board didn't put
the offer to a shareholder vote.

"I and many of your shareholders strongly believe that
a combination between Yahoo and Microsoft would form a dynamic company
and more importantly would be a force strong enough to compete with" Google Inc.